Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured persecuted refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to have faith in the Narendra Modi government and said that under the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), everyone will be given equal rights as they will now become citizens of India. “There are a lot of people, there is … Read more
Olai Puttu, a restaurant based in Thoothukudi, specialises in traditional Sri Lankan food prepared by women from refugee camps in and around Thoothukudi. It is supported by NGOs Organisation For Elangai Refugees Rehabilitation (OfERR), UNHCR and Tamil Nadu Government. It serves dishes such an puttu, idiyappam and meen kuzhambu prepared by the women. | Photo … Read more
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, foreign nationals who enter the country without valid travel documents are treated as illegal immigrants. File | Photo Credit: PTI More than 270 members of the Kuki-Chin community from Bangladesh who entered Mizoram on November 20 are being referred to as “officially displaced persons” in State government records, … Read more
More than 2.5 million refugees have now fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion on February 24, according to United Nations figures issued Friday. UNHCR, the UN‘s refugee agency, recorded 2,504,893 refugees on its dedicated website — 188,891 more than the previous count on Thursday. The UN’s International Organization for Migration said 116,000 third-country nationals were among … Read more
From above, the new border wall separating Turkey from Iran looks like a white snake winding through the barren hills. So far it only covers a third of the 540-km (335-mile) border, leaving plenty of gaps for migrants to slip across in the dead of night. Traffic on this key migration route from central Asia … Read more
New Delhi: To boost the BJP’s preparations for next year’s West Bengal Assembly polls, Union Minister and senior party leader Amit Shah will be on a two-day visit to the state from Thursday, during which he will have lunch with tribal and refugee families, the party’s national media in-charge Anil Baluni said on Wednesday. Sharing … Read more